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E. N. PORTER VAND P. P. ROBERTS, OE MORRIJSVILLE, VERMONT.

'Letters Patent No. 74,420, dated February 1v1, 186s,

IMPROVED POTATO-WSHER.

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TO ALL 1WHOM IT MAY GONCERN Be it known that we, E. N. PORTER and P. P. ROBERTS, of Morrisville, Lamoille county, YStteof Verniont,4 have invented an Improved Potato-Washer; and we do herebydeclare the following to be an exect desc'rifiti'yii of the same, reference bein-g had to the accompanying drawings, and to tbe letters of reference marked thereon, making a. part-of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a top view of the washer. l y

Figure 2, an inside view of tho bottom, with its perforations.

Eigu're a, vertical. section of the Washer. p

The nature of our invention consists in the eonstruction'of the vertical potato-washer, rotating in a pail, with anges on the inside of the pail. i

A represents the pail, with its flanges, B B, on the inside, that causes the water to be dashed in and upon the potatoes, to wash them thoroughly. C is a. handle to the pail. D is a handle to the washer, to lift it in or ont vof the pail. E is a. cylindrical washer formed of round posts,iattaehed to a rim, G, at top, arid toa. perforated bottom, I-I, beneath, the bottom resting upon a pivot, J, in the centre, upon which the washer is rotated. A spindle, K, at top, is att-ached to a. cross-brace, L, that rests in th'e rim G, 4and is movatblewhen the potaltoes are put in or tak'en out of the washer. `crank, M, operates the spindle K, to rotateA the-washer. A crossbrace, N, at top of the pail A, holds the spindle K in its central position. A

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The vertical potato-washer E rotating in a. pail with flanges B on `the inside, when constructed and combined.'

E. N. PORTER,

P. P. ROBERTS Witnesses:

E. J. PIERsoN, T. A. DOT`Y. 

